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In this paper, we study existence and uniqueness of solutions for a system of Hilfer–Hadamard sequential fractional differential equations via standard fixed point theorems. The existence is proved by using the Leray–Schauder alternative, while the existence and uniqueness by the Banach contraction mapping principle. Illustrative examples are also discussed.
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1 Introduction
Fractional differential equations have been applied in many fields such as physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, and so on. Fractional differential equations have several kinds of fractional derivatives, such as Riemann–Liouville fractional derivative, Caputo fractional derivative, Grunwald–Letnikov fractional derivative, Hadamard fractional derivative, etc. The reader interested in the subject of fractional calculus is referred to the books by Kilbas et al. [1], Podlubny [2], Samko et al. [3], Miller and Ross [4], and Diethelm [5]. A generalization of derivatives of both Riemann–Liouville and Caputo was given by Hilfer in [6] when he studied fractional time evolution in physical phenomena. He named it generalized fractional derivative of order \(\alpha\in(0, 1)\)and type \(\beta \in[0, 1]\) which can be reduced to the Riemann–Liouville and Caputo fractional derivatives when \(\beta=0\) and \(\beta=1\), respectively. Many authors call it the Hilfer fractional derivative. Such derivative interpolates between the Riemann–Liouville and Caputo derivatives. For other current definitions of fractional derivatives, see [7–11].
Fractional-order boundary value problems have been extensively studied by many researchers. In particular, coupled systems of fractional-order differential equations have attracted special attention in view of their occurrence in the mathematical modeling of physical phenomena like chaos synchronization [12], anomalous diffusion [13], ecological effects [14], disease models [15], etc. Additionally, fixed point theory can be used to develop the existence theory for the coupled systems of fractional differential equations. For some recent theoretical results on coupled systems of fractional-order differential equations, for example, see [16–30].
Alsaedi et al. [23] studied the existence of solutions for a Riemann–Liouville coupled system of nonlinear fractional integro-differential equations given by
subject to the coupled Riemann–Liouville integro-differential boundary conditions
where \({D}^{(\cdot)}\), \({I}^{(\cdot)}\) denote the Riemann–Liouville derivatives and integral of fractional order \((\cdot)\), respectively, \(f, g:[0, T]\times\mathbb{R}^{4}\to\mathbb{R}\) are given continuous functions, ν, μ are real constants, and
with \(\gamma_{i}\) and \(\delta_{i}\) (\(i=1,2\)) are continuous functions on \([0, T]\times[0, T]\).
Alsulami et al. [24] studied a new system of coupled Caputo type fractional differential equations
subject to the following non-separated coupled boundary conditions:
where \({}^{c}D^{\alpha}\), \({}^{c}D^{\beta}\) denote the Caputo fractional derivatives of order α and β, respectively, \(f, g: [0, T] \times\mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}\) are appropriately chosen functions and \(\lambda_{i}\), \(\mu_{i}\), \(i=1, 2\), are real constants with \(\lambda_{i}\mu_{i}\neq1\), \(i=1, 2\).
Ahmad et al. [25] studied the existence and uniqueness of solutions for the following boundary value problem of nonlinear Caputo sequential fractional differential equations:
supplemented with coupled boundary conditions
where \({}^{c}{D}^{\alpha}\), \({}^{c}{D}^{\beta}\) denote the Caputo fractional derivatives of order α and β, respectively, \(k_{1},k_{2}\in\mathbb{R_{+}}\), \(T>0\), \(f,g:[0,T]\times\mathbb {R}\times\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}\) are given continuous functions, and \(a_{1}\), \(a_{2}\), \(b_{1}\), and \(b_{2}\) are real constants with \(a_{1}b_{1}\neq1\) and \(a_{2}b_{2}e^{-(k_{1}T+k_{2}T)}\neq1\).
Aljoudi et al. [29] studied a coupled system of Hadamard type sequential fractional differential equations with coupled strip conditions given by
where \({D}^{(\cdot)}\) and \({I}^{(\cdot)}\) denote the Hadamard fractional derivative and the Hadamard fractional integral, respectively, and \(f, g:[1,e]\times\mathbb{R}^{3}\to\mathbb{R}\) are given continuous functions.
Motivated by the research going on in this direction, in this paper, we study existence and uniqueness of solutions for a new class of systems of Hilfer–Hadamard sequential fractional differential equations
with two-point boundary conditions
where \({}_{H}D^{\alpha_{i},\beta_{i}}\) is the Hilfer–Hadamard fractional derivative of order \(\alpha_{i}\in(1,2]\) and type \(\beta _{i} \in[0,1]\) for \(i\in\{1,2\}\), \(k_{1},k_{2},A_{1},A_{2}\in\mathbb {R_{+}}\) and \(f,g:[1,e]\times\mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb {R}\) are given continuous functions.
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first paper dealing with a system containing Hilfer–Hadamard fractional derivative of order \(\alpha_{i}\in(1,2]\), \(i=1,2\). For some recent results on coupled systems of Hilfer–Hadamard fractional derivatives of order \(\alpha_{i}\in(0,1]\), \(i=1,2\), we refer to [31, 32], and the references cited therein.
The paper is organized as follows. In Sect. 2, we present some preliminary concepts of fractional calculus. Section 3 contains the main results. The first result, Theorem 3.2, is proved by using the Leray–Schauder alternative and the second result of existence and uniqueness, Theorem 3.3, by the Banach contraction mapping principle. Finally, Sect. 4 provides some examples for the illustration of the main results. We emphasize that our results are new and contribute significantly to the topic addressed in this paper.
2 Preliminaries
In this section, some basic definitions, lemmas, and theorems are mentioned.
Definition 2.1
(Hadamard fractional integral [1])
The Hadamard fractional integral of order \(\alpha\in\mathbb{R_{++}}\) for a function \(f:[a,\infty)\rightarrow\mathbb{R}\) is defined as follows:
provided the integral exists, where \(\log(\cdot)=\log_{e}(\cdot)\).
Definition 2.2
(Hadamard fractional derivative [1])
The Hadamard fractional derivative of order \(\alpha>0\), applied to the function \(f:[a,\infty)\rightarrow\mathbb{R}\), is defined as follows:
where \(\delta^{n}=(t\frac{d}{dt})^{n}\) and \([\alpha]\) denotes the integer part of the real number α.
Definition 2.3
(Hilfer–Hadamard fractional derivative [6, 33])
Let \(0<\alpha<1\) and \(0\leq \beta\leq1\), \(f\in L^{1}(a,b)\). The Hilfer–Hadamard fractional derivative of order α and type β of f is defined as follows:
where \({}_{H}I^{(\cdot)}_{a^{+}}\) and \({}_{H}D^{(\cdot)}_{a^{+}}\) are the Hadamard fractional integral and derivative defined by (3) and (4), respectively.
The Hilfer–Hadamard fractional derivative may be viewed as interpolating the Hadamard fractional derivative. Indeed, for \(\beta =0\), this derivative reduces to the Hadamard fractional derivative.
Definition 2.4
(Hilfer–Hadamard fractional derivative [34])
Let \(n-1<\alpha<n\) and \(0\leq\beta\leq1\), \(f\in L^{1}(a,b)\). The Hilfer–Hadamard fractional derivative of order α and type β of f is defined as follows:
where \({}_{H}I^{(\cdot)}_{a^{+}}\) and \({}_{H}D^{(\cdot)}_{a^{+}}\) are the Hadamard fractional integral and derivative defined by (3) and (4), respectively.
We recommend some lemmas and theorems of the Hadamard fractional integral and derivative by Kilbas et al. [1].
Theorem 2.5
Let \(\alpha>0\), \(n=[\alpha]+1\), and \(0< a< b<\infty\). If \(f\in L^{1}(a,b)\)and \(({}_{H}I^{n-\alpha}_{a+}f)(t)\in \mathit{AC}^{n}_{\delta }[a,b]\), then
where \(f(t)\in \mathit{AC}_{\delta}^{n}=\{f: [a,b]\to{\mathbb {R}}: \delta ^{(n-1)}f(t)\in \mathit{AC}[a,b], \delta=t\frac{d}{dt}\}\).
Theorem 2.6
([33])
Let \(\alpha>0\), \(0\leq\beta\leq1\), \(\gamma=\alpha+n\beta-\alpha \beta\), \(n-1<\gamma\leq n\), \(n=[\alpha]+1\), and \(0< a< b<\infty\). If \(f\in L^{1}(a,b)\)and \(({}_{H}I^{n-\gamma}_{a+}f)(t)\in \mathit{AC}^{n}_{\delta }[a,b]\), then
From this theorem, we notice that if \(\beta=0\) the formulae reduce to the formulae in Theorem 2.5.
We will use the following well-known fixed point theorems on Banach space for proving the existence and uniqueness of Hilfer–Hadamard fractional differential systems.
Theorem 2.7
(Leray–Schauder alternative [36])
Let \(T:E\to E\)be a completely continuous operator (i.e., a continuous mapTrestricted to any bounded set inEis compact). Let \({\varepsilon }(T)=\{x\in E: x=\lambda T(x), 0\leqslant\lambda\leqslant1\}\). Then either the set \({\varepsilon}(T)\)is unbounded orThas at least one fixed point.
Theorem 2.8
(Banach fixed point theorem [37])
LetXbe a Banach space, \(D\subset X\)be closed, and \(F: D\to D\)be a strict contraction, i.e., \(\lVert{Fx-Fy}\rVert\le k\lVert{x-y}\rVert \)for some \(k\in(0,1)\)and all \(x,y\in D\). ThenFhas a fixed point inD.
3 Existence and uniqueness results
In this section, we prove existence and uniqueness of solutions for a system of Hilfer–Hadamard sequential fractional differential equations with boundary conditions (1) and (2). The following lemma concerns a linear variant of system (1) and (2).
Lemma 3.1
Let \(h_{1}, h_{2}\in C([1,e], {\mathbb {R}})\). Then \(u,v\in C([1,e], {\mathbb {R}})\)are solutions of the system of fractional differential equations
supplemented with the boundary conditions (2) if and only if
and
Proof
From the first equation of (5), we have
Taking the Hadamard fractional integral of order \(\alpha_{1}\) to both sides of (8), we get
By Theorem 2.6, one has
From equation (9), by Definition 2.4, we get
Equation (10) can be written as follows:
In a similar way, one can obtain
where \(c_{0}\), \(c_{1}\), \(d_{0}\), and \(d_{1}\) are arbitrary constants. Now, boundary conditions (2) together with (11), (12) yield
from which we have \(c_{1}=0\) and \(d_{1}=0\). Equations (13) can be written as
and
Next, boundary conditions (2) together with (14), (15) yield
from which we have
Substituting the values of \(c_{0}\), \(c_{1}\), \(d_{0}\), and \(d_{1}\) in (11) and (12), we get integral equations (6) and (7). The converse follows by direct computation. This completes the proof. □
Let us introduce the Banach space \(X=C([1,e])\) endowed with the norm defined by \(\lVert u\rVert:={\max_{t \in [ {1,e} ]}} \vert {u ( t )} \vert \). Thus, the product space \(X\times X\) equipped with the norm \(\lVert(u,v)\rVert=\lVert u\rVert +\lVert v\rVert\) is a Banach space. In view of Lemma 3.1, we define an operator \(\mathcal{T}:X\times X\to X\times X\) by
where
and
We need the following hypotheses in the sequel:
- \((H_{1})\):
Assume that there exist real constants \(m_{i}, n_{i}\ge0\) (\(i=1,2\)) and \(m_{0}>0\), \(n_{0}>0\) such that, for all \(t\in [1,e]\), \(x_{i}\in\mathbb{R}\), \(i=1, 2\),
$$\begin{aligned}& \bigl\vert f(t,x_{1},x_{2}) \bigr\vert \leq m_{0}+m_{1} \vert x_{1} \vert +m_{2} \vert x_{2} \vert , \\& \bigl\vert g(t,x_{1},x_{2}) \bigr\vert \leq n_{0}+n_{1} \vert x_{1} \vert +n_{2} \vert x_{2} \vert . \end{aligned}$$- \((H_{2})\):
There exist positive constants L, L̄, such that, for all \(t\in[1,e]\), \(u_{i}, v_{i}\in\mathbb{R}\), \(i=1,2\),
$$\begin{aligned}& \bigl\vert f(t,u_{1},u_{2})-f(t,v_{1},v_{2}) \bigr\vert \leq L\bigl( \vert u_{1}-v_{1} \vert + \vert u_{2}-v_{2} \vert \bigr), \\& \bigl\vert g(t,u_{1},u_{2})-g(t,v_{1},v_{2}) \bigr\vert \leq\bar{L}\bigl( \vert u_{1}-v_{1} \vert + \vert u_{2}-v_{2} \vert \bigr). \end{aligned}$$
3.1 Existence result via Leray–Schauder alternative
In the first theorem, we prove an existence result based on the Leray–Schauder alternative.
Theorem 3.2
Assume that \((H_{1})\)holds. In addition it is assumed that \(\max\{ Q_{1},Q_{2}\}<1\), where
Then system (1)–(2) has at least one solution on \([1,e]\).
Proof
We will use the Leray–Schauder alternative to prove that \(\mathcal {T}\), defined by (16), has a fixed point. We divide the proof into two steps.
Step I: We show that the operator \(\mathcal{T}:X\times X\to X\times X\), defined by (16), is completely continuous.
First we show that \(\mathcal{T}\) is continuous. Let \(\{(u_{n},v_{n})\} \) be a sequence such that \((u_{n},v_{n})\to(u,v)\) in \(X\times X\). Then, for each \(t\in[1,e]\), we have
Since f is continuous, we get
Then
In the same way, we obtain
It follows from (19) and (20) that \(\lVert\mathcal {T}(u_{n},v_{n})-\mathcal{T}(u,v)\rVert\to0\) as \((u_{n},v_{n})\to(u,v)\). Hence \(\mathcal{T}\) is continuous.
Now we show that \(\mathcal{T}\) is compact. Let \(\varOmega\subset X\times X\) be bounded. Then there exist positive constants \(L_{1}\) and \(L_{2}\) such that \(|f(t,u(t),v(t))|\leq L_{1}\), \(|g(t,u(t),v(t))|\leq L_{2}\), \(\forall (u,v)\in\varOmega\). Let \((u,v)\in\varOmega\). Then there exists M such that \(\lVert(u,v)\rVert=\lVert u\rVert+\lVert v\rVert\leq M\), \(\forall(u,v)\in\varOmega\). We have
which, on taking the norm for \(t\in[1,e]\), yields
In the same way, we obtain
It follows that
This mean that there is \(P=A_{1}+A_{2}+2 [M(k_{1}+k_{2})+\frac {L_{1}}{\varGamma(\alpha_{1}+1)}+\frac{L_{2}}{\varGamma(\alpha _{2}+1)} ]\) such that \(\lVert\mathcal{T}(u,v)\rVert\leq P\). Hence \(\mathcal{T}\) is uniformly bounded.
Finally we show that \(\mathcal{T}\) is equicontinuous. Let \(t, t_{0}\in[1,e]\) with \(t_{0}< t\). Then we have
and
Take \(t\to t_{0}\), from (21) and (22), we have
Hence \(\mathcal {T}\) is equicontinuous. By Arzelá–Ascoli theorem, we get that \(\mathcal{T}(\varOmega)\) is compact, that is, \(\mathcal{T}\) is compact on Ω. Therefore \(\mathcal{T}\) is completely continuous.
Step II: We show that the set \({\varepsilon}=\{(u,v)\in X\times X \mid(u,v)=\lambda\mathcal{T}(u,v), 0\leq\lambda\leq1\}\) is bounded.
Let \((u,v)\in{\varepsilon}\), then \((u,v)=\lambda\mathcal{T}(u,v)\). For any \(t\in[1,e]\), we have \(u(t)=\lambda\mathcal{T}_{1}(u,v)(t)\), \(v(t)=\lambda\mathcal{T}_{2}(u,v)(t)\). Then, in view of assumption \((H_{1})\), we obtain
which, on taking maximum for \(t\in[1,e]\), yields
In a similar manner, one can obtain
and consequently,
Therefore the set ε is bounded. By Theorem 2.7, we get that the operator \(\mathcal{T}\) has at least one fixed point. Therefore, problem (1)–(2) has at least one solution on \([1,e]\). □
3.2 Existence and uniqueness result via the Banach fixed point theorem
Next, we prove an existence and uniqueness result based on the Banach contraction mapping principle.
Theorem 3.3
Assume that \((H_{2})\)holds. Then system (1)–(2) has a unique solution on \([1,e]\)provided that
Proof
We will use the Banach fixed point theorem to prove that \(\mathcal {T}\), defined by (16), has a unique fixed point. Fixing \(N_{1}=\max_{t\in[1,e]}|f(t,0,0)| < \infty\), \(N_{2}=\max_{t\in [1,e]}|g(t,0,0)| < \infty\) and using assumption \((H_{2})\), we obtain
We choose
We divide the proof into two steps.
Step I : First we show that \(\mathcal{T}(B_{r})\subset B_{r}\), where \(B_{r}=\{(u,v)\in X\times X:\lVert(u,v)\rVert\leq r\}\).
Let \((u,v)\in B_{r}\). Then, using (26), we obtain
which, on taking the norm for \(t\in[1,e]\), yields
In the same way, one has
Then we have
Thus \(\lVert\mathcal{T}(u,v)\rVert\leq r\), that is, \(\mathcal {T}(u,v)\in B_{r}\). Hence \(\mathcal{T}(B_{r})\subset B_{r}\).
Step II : We show that the operator \(\mathcal{T}\) is a contraction.
Let \((u_{2},v_{2}), (u_{1},v_{1})\in X\times X\). Then, for any \(t\in [1,e]\), we have
which, on taking the norm for \(t\in[1,e]\), yields
Similarly,
It follows from (27) and (28) that \(\lVert\mathcal {T}(u_{2},v_{2})-\mathcal{T}(u_{1},v_{1})\rVert\leq\mu(\lVert u_{2}-u_{1}\rVert+\lVert v_{2}-v_{1}\rVert)\), which, in view of (25), shows that the operator \(\mathcal{T}\) is a contraction. From Steps I and II, by Theorem 2.8, we get that the operator \(\mathcal{T}\) has a unique fixed point. Therefore system (1)–(2) has a unique solution on \([1,e]\). □
4 Examples
In this section, we give two examples to illustrate our main results.
Example 4.1
Consider the following system:
Here \(\alpha_{1}=\frac{3}{2}\), \(\alpha_{2}=\frac{3}{2}\), \(\beta_{1}=\frac{1}{2}\), \(\beta_{2}=\frac{1}{2}\), \(A_{1}=\frac{1}{2}\), \(A_{2}=\frac{1}{4}\), \(k_{1}=\frac{1}{6}\), \(k_{2}=\frac{1}{8}\).
We see that \((H_{1})\) holds, because
with
In addition, \(Q_{1}\approx0.3580<1\), \(Q_{2}\approx0.2818<1\), and \(\max\{ Q_{1},Q_{2}\}\approx0.6420\). Thus, the hypotheses of Theorem 3.2 are satisfied. Therefore, by Theorem 3.2, system (29) has at least one solution on \([1,e]\).
Example 4.2
Consider the following Hilfer–Hadamard system:
Here \(\alpha_{1}=\frac{5}{4}\), \(\alpha_{2}=\frac{3}{2}\), \(\beta_{1}=\frac{1}{2}\), \(\beta_{2}=\frac{1}{2}\), \(A_{1}=\frac{1}{3}\), \(A_{2}=\frac{1}{5}\), \(k_{1}=\frac{1}{7}\), \(k_{2}=\frac{1}{9}\).
Note that \((H_{2})\) holds, because
and
with \(L=\frac{1}{50}\), \(\bar{L}=\frac{1}{40}\). In addition,
Thus, all the conditions of Theorem 3.3 are satisfied. Therefore, by Theorem 3.3, system (30) has a unique solution on \([1,e]\).
5 Conclusion
In this paper, we studied existence and uniqueness of solutions for a system of Hilfer–Hadamard sequential fractional differential equations with two-point boundary conditions. The existence result is proved by using the Leray–Schauder alternative while the Banach contraction mapping principle is used to obtain the existence and uniqueness result. Examples illustrating the obtained results are also presented. Our results on a system of Hilfer–Hadamard fractional derivatives are new in the given configuration. We emphasize that we used Hilfer-Hadamard derivative of order \(1<\alpha_{i}\le2\), \(i=1,2\). In the context of sequential fractional differential equations with two-point boundary conditions, the present paper significantly contributes to the existing literature on the topic. The problems studied in this paper can be extended to cover other kinds of boundary conditions.
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Saengthong, W., Thailert, E. & Ntouyas, S.K. Existence and uniqueness of solutions for system of Hilfer–Hadamard sequential fractional differential equations with two point boundary conditions. Adv Differ Equ 2019, 525 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13662-019-2459-8
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